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First Amendment: Government’s assault on religious liberty has hit a new low as the IRS settles with atheists who sued the government over an alleged policy of not enforcing restrictions on churches’ political activities.

A lawsuit filed by the Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) asserted that the Internal Revenue Service ignored complaints about churches’ violating their tax-exempt status by routinely promoting candidates from the pulpit.   Continue reading “The IRS’ Bullied Pulpit”

AOL – by John Seewer

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo’s mayor announced Monday.

Mayor D. Michael Collins called the drinking water safe and lifted the ban at a Monday morning news conference.   Continue reading “Toledo mayor lifts water ban in northwest Ohio”

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpiNew York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

A Bronx cop lauded on Medal Day for his heroics has been charged for breaking into a Bronx woman’s home and drunkenly assaulting her just hours after being honored, police said Monday.

The Daily News in June reported that Officer Eugene Donnelly was placed on modified duty — stripped of his gun and badge — after the startling June 11 incident.   Continue reading “NYPD cop charged for breaking into Bronx woman’s apartment and beating her”

The White House

Our nation has suffered too much at the hands of dangerous people who use guns to commit horrific acts of violence. As President Obama said following the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy, “We won’t be able to stop every violent act, but if there is even one thing that we can do to prevent any of these events, we have a deep obligation, all of us, to try.”

Most gun owners are responsible and law-abiding, and they use their guns safely. The President strongly believes that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. But to better protect our children and our communities from tragic mass shootings like those in Newtown, Aurora, Oak Creek, and Tucson, there are common-sense steps we can take right now.

Continue reading “The White House: Now is the Time to do Something about Gun Violence”

Wall Street Journal – by Will Huntsberry

A man who recently returned from West Africa with symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus is being tested for the disease in New York City, where he was admitted to a hospital early this morning, officials said.

The man presented at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan with a high fever and gastrointestinal problems, officials said. Authorities wouldn’t identify the man or the country he had been to and the reasons for his visit. He is currently undergoing tests to determine the cause of his symptoms.   Continue reading “Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City Tests Patient for Ebola”

EIDOLON HELVUMSurvival Backpack

(AJ)The UN’s food agency is warning that fruit bats,€“ common in stews in West Africa, are likely to spread the disease.

As the death toll from the world’s deadliest-ever Ebola outbreak surged past 600 in West Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned West Africans to stay away from certain popular wildlife species that are thought to carry the disease.   Continue reading “UN Warns Africans To Stop Eating Fruit Bats & Road Kill In Effort To Curb Ebola”

NBC News

Former White House Press Secretary James Brady, who was famously shot during the attempt on then-President Ronald Reagan’s life in 1981, has died. He was 73.

“Jim touched the lives of so many and has been a wonderful husband, father, friend and role model,” his family said in a statement. “We are enormously proud of Jim’s remarkable accomplishments – before he was shot on the fateful day in 1981 while serving at the side of President Ronald Reagan and in the days, months and years that followed. Jim Brady’s zest for life was apparent to all who knew him, and despite his injuries and the pain he endured every day, he used his humor, wit and charm to bring smiles to others and make the world a better place.”   Continue reading “Former White House Press Secretary James Brady Dead at 73”

PictureFood Freedom USA

Many ‘green apples’ are being offered for your consumption. Do not eat the ‘green apple’ being disguised as Liberty! The most generally accepted definition says that liberty is the ability to act according to one’s own will. Socialists relate liberty to the equal distribution of wealth. Does individual liberty threaten ‘community’? Should we give up human freedom or freedom of association for the sake of the collective?

Once FoodFreedomUSA.org came into being the Communists were out in force to bring us into their camp. No way was that going to happen on my watch. The hopes of us spreading their warm and fuzzy propaganda were dashed. Instead of selling out to these New World Order chameleons, we would stand by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence. Continue reading “Don’t Eat the Green Apples”

Gothamist

After Officer Darren Ilardi fatally struck 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada with his police cruiser in Queensbridge last year, the NYPD purposefully destroyed evidence, failed to properly investigate the crash, and engaged in a “cover-up,” according to a set of recently filed court documents.

Officers responding to the scene dispersed all eyewitnesses, failed to measure skid marks, and did not check Ilardi’s cell phone records to determine if he was using his phone when he struck the 24-year-old student outside a deli near the intersection of 40th Avenue and 10th Street, the filings claim.   Continue reading “Speeding Cop Killed Student & NYPD Covered It Up, Lawsuit Claims”

President Barack ObamaCNS News – by Terry Jeffrey

The total federal debt of the U.S. government has now increased more than $7 trillion during the slightly more than five and a half years Barack Obama has been president.

That is more than the debt increased under all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton combined, and it is more debt than was accumulated in the first 227 years of this nation’s existence–from 1776 through 2003.   Continue reading “$7,060,259,674,497.51–Federal Debt Up $7 Trillion Under Obama”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On Monday, legislation creating “Gun Violence Restraining Orders” for California will be heard by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

The measure–AB 1014–is sponsored by Assembly members Nancy Skinner (D-15) and Das Williams (D-37).

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the measure will “allow family members, licensed therapists and health care providers to petition a judge to take firearms from someone who has shown signs that they could harm others or themselves.”   Continue reading “California Senate Committee Considers ‘Gun Violence Restraining Order’ Bill”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — Several unaccompanied minors who entered the U.S. illegally have been relocated to and released where many U.S. citizens cannot afford to bring their own families on vacation: the Virgin Islands.

Subsequent to being caught illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border, more than 30,000 unaccompanied minors have been released by federal agents in states across the U.S. While the majority of the minors have been set free in large states like Texas, Virginia, and California, a Health and Human Services (HHS) document shows that four were set free in the U.S. Virgin Islands.    Continue reading “Unaccompanied Minors Released on Lavish Vacation Spot, Virgin Islands”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

LYFORD, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol agent died late Sunday night after getting shot in an attempted robbery.

Preliminary information points to the agent being off-duty and fishing with his relatives at an area near Lyford Texas, Sunday evening, Border Patrol spokesman Omar Zamora said. The area where the shooting happened appears to be a canal near Farm-Market 1420 on the southern part of Willacy County.   Continue reading “Border Patrol Agent Gunned Down in Texas”

Mirror – by Rebecca Younger, Andy Lines

Airport staff tonight told of their fears of an Ebola outbreak after a passenger from Sierra Leone collapsed and died as she got off a plane at Gatwick.

Workers said they were terrified the virus could spread globally through the busy international hub from the West African country which is in the grip of the deadly epidemic.   Continue reading “Ebola terror at Gatwick as passenger collapses and dies getting off Sierra Leone flight”

Yahoo News – by Rich McKay

ATLANTA (Reuters) – The second American aid worker who contracted the deadly Ebola virus while helping fight the disease in West Africa is expected to arrive in Atlanta on Tuesday, a relief organization said.

Missionary Nancy Writebol, 59, will fly on a medical aircraft from Liberia to Atlanta to be treated by infectious disease specialists in a special isolation ward at Emory University Hospital, according to Christian mission group SIM USA.   Continue reading “American missionary with Ebola in serious condition ahead of US return”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

LUBBOCK, Texas — A leaked intelligence analysis from the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveals the exact numbers of illegal immigrants entering and attempting to enter the U.S. from more than 75 different countries. The report was obtained by a trusted source within the CBP agency who leaked the document and spoke with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity. The report is labeled as “Unclassified//For Official Use Only” and indicates that the data should be handled as “Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU).”   Continue reading “Leaked CBP Report Shows Entire World Exploiting Open US Border”

Market Watch – by Joseph Adinolfi

Two U.S. citizens who contracted the ebola virus in Liberia have showed signs of recovery after receiving an experimental treatment called ZMapp, which was developed by Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc., according to CNN.

The medicine is a “three-mouse monoclonal antibody,” which means that antibodies were harvested from mice exposed to the virus, CNN reported. These antibodies in turn can boost the human immune system’s ability to fight off the virus.   Continue reading “Experimental drug improves ebola patients’ condition”